Sunday, 7 May 2017

Battle at Lund Steamroller Game 2: Ossrum vs Gunnbjorn

I had previously faced Gunnbjorn with Ossrum, and my experience had been that he was very easy to assassinate. On the feat turn, I can't damage him. Hower, it is very easy to wait the feat out and then assassinate.

My opponent's name was Andreas Graae and here is his list:

Power of Dhunia
Gunnbjorn
- Runebearer
- Mountain King
- Earthborn
- Bomber
- Dozer & Smigg
2 Shamans
Dhunian Knot
Krielstone min + Elder


I get the first turn, and he gives me the side that is more difficult to maneuver around, with the obstruction in the way. I advance aggressively, preparing to go for an assassination if he doesn't feat.


He advances not nearly aggressively enough, and he does feat. One surprise I get is he EB animus on Gunnbjorn - so he is basically immune to knockdowns. I realize that assassination, even on the next turn, will not work. Also, my list lacks the tools to kill Mountain King. I decide to feat and go for scenario instead.


I feat and jam him out, getting my spray bunnies on flags to score. The MK and EB are blocked by sturdy bunnies, and the ones blocking EB are not in MK-s melee range. The driller blocks the MK as well. I've also removed the shaman on the left that might otherwise run to contestm bulldozed the bomber further away and then blocked him with bunnies and engaged with dwarves, and removed half of the Dozer&Smigg wih shooting.


There isn't much that Andreas can do at this point. He removes one bunny with the bomber and some help from other models, and frees up a lane for Smigg to trample towards the left flag. He can't contest the right flag with anything (the driller is still alive, too). I get a point in his turn. In my turn, I kill smigg and block everything, scoring two on my turn and another two on his, because he still can't contest.

Lessons learned:
1. Gunnbjorn does not necessarily die to Ossrum's shooting, if he has an EB.
2. Ossrum doesn't have to be a static gunline. He can be a highly mobile jamming force, especially against low model count armies without flight and other mobility shenanigans. Not sure how this will fly in the new steamroller, but this is still an important consideration.

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